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Muslim groups protest closure of charity
 The American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections has expressed its anger at the closure of the Muslim charity KindHearts by US authorities in February this year. KindHearts, the Ohio-based group was a $5 million-a-year charity with branches in Lebanon, Pakistan, and the Gaza Strip. It provided funds for water treatment plants and orphanages, but was shut down by federals authorities amid allegations that it was aiding Hamas. Pleas by American-Muslim leaders to US Treasury Secretary John Snow for guidelines on how to financially aid the Palestinian people without being accused of terrorism have been ignored.According to a leading Pakistani-American Muslim activist, Prof Agha Saeed, "There's no clear communication and that is keeping the whole community nervous and on edge. Our community wants to be on the right side of the law, but it's not clear what is the right side." He was talking to the newspaper, Toledo Blade, which said that a public relations battle is continuing between the Treasury Department and the nation's largest Muslim organisations, whose leaders say that their charities have been shut down without cause since the war on terror began after the 9/11 attacks. Posted by: Fred 2006-05-14 |
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